Harwood Park Primary School
Primary schoolHarwood Park Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 291 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 49% of pupils at Harwood Park Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Rochdale and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England CollegeSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)700 m
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2020. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Heywood AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file870 m
- Newhouse AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional)940 m
- Hopwood Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rochdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).